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DESCRIPTION:Denis Bruna will deliver a Françoise and Georges Selz Lecture o
 n Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century French Decorative Arts and Culture on
  Tuesday\, April 19 at 6 pm. His talk is entitled “Mistake or Transgressio
 n? A History of Scandalous Clothing.”Denis Bruna is Curator of the pre-nin
 eteenth-century textile and fashion collections at the Musée des Arts Déco
 ratifs. He is also a Professor and the Director of Research in the History
  of Fashion\, Costume\, and Textiles at the École du Louvre. His research 
 focuses on the history and iconography of the costume\, dress\, and custom
 s of the body. He has published several books and curated the exhibitions 
 Fashioning Fashion: Two Centuries of European Fashion 1700–1915 (2012) and
  La Mécanique des dessous\, une histoire indiscrète de la silhouette (2013
 )\, which was on exhibit at Bard Graduate Center last spring under the tit
 le Fashioning the Body: An Intimate History of the Silhouette. He received
  his PhD in History from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.In th
 is talk\, Bruna will explore violations of dress codes and moral values in
  fashion from the sixteenth century to the present. The history of fashion
  and costume is studded with period “icons”: petticoat breeches\, the robe
  volante\, the shirt dress\, the chemise à la grecque\, female trousers\, 
 male skirts\, the female tuxedo\, the miniskirt\, baggy trousers\, and jea
 ns\, to name but a few. Although each became emblematic of the fashion of 
 their moment\, when these garments first appeared they were radically disr
 uptive and sparked virulent criticism\, even bans. These garments transgre
 ssed the established order—they were perceived as too short or too long\, 
 too close-fitting or too ample\, too shameless or too covering\, too femin
 ine for a man or too masculine for a woman. They were criticised for defor
 ming the body or for over-emphasizing its forms\, for blurring the wearer’
 s sexual or gender identity\, or simply for violating established conventi
 ons that imposed a certain dress while forbidding another. To explore thes
 e violations and their gradual acceptance\, Bruna will survey a selection 
 of characteristic clothing and accessories\, drawing on portraits\, carica
 tures\, and advertisements\, ranging from the royal courts to the street\,
  and from the runway to magazines.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Mistake or Transgression? A History of Scanda
 lous Clothing
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